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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Makes us glad we live in the middle of a metropolis, eh? Me, anyway."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Did someone get you a Taylor Swift ticket, frank?
(Underrated comment! )"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostCan you expand on that? (Afraid I've only tried the ancient Windows version of Mahjong.)
Playing mahjong is good practice for deadheading; and vice versa.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI can. As the cranesbill flowers fade the dead heads assume distinctive shapes. First the petals begin to wither and fall, then the sepals gradually spread out to form a characteristic star shape, finally the long characteristic 'crane's bill' seed pod forms. Examining the bushier species (like Geranium sanguineum) I systematically start cutting once the petals have faded. If I've left it for a few days the dead flowers have reached the various stages and I look for all of them - petals, stars, cranesbills. Once I think I've removed everything I cast a final look at the plant - and there is a HUGE cranesbill pointing out like a sniper's rifle. How did I fail to see it? So it's like looking for the different patterns on the tiles (circles, bamboos, winds, dragons, &c) which have to be matched.
Playing mahjong is good practice for deadheading; and vice versa.
BTW, when you found the HUGE one, was your first thought bloody cranesbill?
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Originally posted by gradus View Post
In the middle of the Suffolk countryside between two villages and just off the road that connects them, fairly remote and not helped by his long absences on his boat. Almost everything he now owns at the age of 86 he has bought at local auctions having been stripped of all inherited furniture, pictures etc.
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostBTW, when you found the HUGE one, was your first thought bloody cranesbill?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by gradus View PostI wish I could find a recipe for Cucumber pickle that keeps them crunchy and tasting nice a la Vadasz.
This gives some idea https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/...kled-cucumbers
I haven't made this sort of pickled veg - the closest I get is thinly sliced cukes in good quality vinegar, and the best version was my grandpa's home grown cucumbers and home made pear vinegar. It was meant to be pear wine from what I think was a perry pear tree in the garden, but it turned into the most delicious light fruity vinegar both times he tried. I used to drink it by the spoonful while helping to prep the dish for tea.
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I've seen very few wasps in the last few years . We had a wasps' nest in our shed last year. but they seemed to abandon it before August. And we've had far fewer flies in the house. Many birds rely on catching insects for their food , so the bird and insect population is declining. This has a knock-on effect in the pollination of plants. It's all part of the great change in nature. Almost incredibly, thetre are still some people who deny that humanity is to blame.
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